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Scaling Europe

Sebastian Johnson

Every week Seb Johnson sits down with 5 of Europe's best builders and investors to talk about what's going on in European Tech.

Prior guests include the founders of Lovable, Cleo, Voi an Zilch, as well as top VCs from 20VC, Index, Balderton and Creandum.

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  • August 20 · 36 min

    Danyal Akarca, Co-founder at Callosum: BREAKING: Callosum raised $100m Seed

    Callosum just raised $100m led by Atomico, Plural and DCVC. It's one of the largest seed-stage rounds in UK history, coming just five months after Callosum came out of stealth. Callosum builds software that lets AI run across many different types of chips at the same time, making it faster, cheaper and more capable. Danyal Akarca is Co-founder at Callosum. He believes AI can only have a real economic impact once it becomes cheaper and faster to run, and that's exactly what Callosum is built to do. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:09 - Callosum's approach to AI infrastructure 5:56 - How Callosum's technology works for customers 8:48 - Callosum's new $100m round 12:33 - How Callosum built partnerships with chip companies like Cerebras 17:14 - Why Callosum wasn't built just to make chips work together 20:03 - What the $100m will fund next 24:54 - Why cost is becoming as important as speed for AI buyers 28:03 - Who Danyal thinks will win the AI stack over the next three years 33:03 - Why London has become a serious AI hub

  • August 18 · 20 min

    Thomas Bigagli, EMEA Partner at Plug and Play Ventures: Europe needs bigger and faster capital to keep startups home

    Plug and Play Ventures invests in startups across Europe and runs a platform connecting them with large corporate partners. It has grown from a family office into an institutional investor with nine funds, and now runs 65 offices with more than 700 people worldwide. Thomas Bigagli is EMEA Partner at Plug and Play Ventures. He believes Europe already has the talent and ideas, and just needs investors willing to move faster and write bigger checks to keep its best startups from leaving. Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:28 - What Plug and Play's EMEA role involves 2:29 - How Europe's startup landscape has changed 3:20 - Why deep tech is such an exciting opportunity right now 5:05 - Where Europe's hardware and deep tech hubs are emerging 6:07 - Plug and Play's early bets in Lithuania and Italy 9:56 - The one question every founder gets asked 12:32 - Why more European founders are thinking globally 15:52 - US investors' growing presence in Europe 17:15 - Why European VCs still move slower than American ones 18:41 - The European firms closing the gap

  • August 14 · 23 min

    Srdjan Kovacevic, CEO & Co-Founder of Orqa: Building leading drone hardware in Europe

    Orqa is a Croatian company that designs and manufactures drones, components and ground stations entirely in Europe, a rare setup in an industry that mostly relies on China. Orqa now builds primarily for defence customers across NATO and the West, and shipped 250,000 products last year, a number it's on track to double in 2026. Srdjan Kovacevic is CEO and Co-Founder of Orqa. He believes most Western militaries aren't ready for drone warfare yet, and that needs to change fast. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:15 - What Orqa builds 1:07 - Why Orqa set out to build Europe's answer to Chinese drone brands 2:36 - Why Orqa builds everything in Europe 5:03 - Orqa's current production scale 6:41 - How the war in Ukraine pulled Orqa into defence 8:05 - Why Orqa builds for NATO's future needs, not Ukraine's immediate ones 10:19 - Orqa's production numbers: 250,000 products shipped last year 13:16 - Orqa's biggest supply chain bottleneck 15:40 - Why the AI boom is causing a new chip shortage for Orqa 19:10 - Ukraine's drone warfare numbers 20:36 - How drone warfare has transformed the battlefield

  • August 11 · 20 min

    Shahriar Tajbakhsh, Co-founder & CTO of Metaview: BREAKING: Metaview acquired Reval

    Metaview just acquired Reval, a recruiting agency built to run entirely on AI. The deal brings more talent and technology into Fillmore, Metaview's AI recruiting co-worker. Metaview's platform is already used by more than 5,000 companies, and Fillmore works by researching, sourcing and reaching out to candidates without any human involvement. Shahriar Tajbakhsh is Co-founder and CTO of Metaview. He expects Metaview to become the single platform for end-to-end hiring within a year, handling everything from a company opening a role to someone being hired. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:12 - Metaview's AI-first approach to recruiting 1:07 - Metaview's traction across more than 5,000 companies 2:10 - What Fillmore is and how it works 6:22 - Why Metaview built Fillmore as a co-worker, not an agent 8:08 - Fillmore's early results since its soft launch 12:24 - Why Metaview acquired Reval 14:14 - How the Reval and Metaview teams came together 15:39 - How mission-aligned teams speed up Metaview's hiring 20:02 - What success looks like for the Reval acquisition

  • August 7 · 16 min

    Ameera Patel, CEO at TidalSense: TidalSense diagnoses lung disease in under 4 minutes

    TidalSense has built a handheld device that diagnoses COPD, a common lung disease, in under four minutes. It's already used across the NHS and has drawn interest from more than 60 countries since launching last year. The Cambridge-based company just raised $19m to expand into new markets. Ameera Patel is CEO of TidalSense. She believes what matters most to healthcare providers is a better patient experience and more efficient care. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:19 - TidalSense's $19m round and what problem it solves 1:08 - Why the standard diagnostic test hasn't changed since the 1800s 2:44 - What TidalSense has built 3:35 - TidalSense's rollout across the NHS 4:21 - The demand TidalSense has seen since launching 5:16 - Ameera's personal journey to founding TidalSense 9:48 - Inside TidalSense's $19m round and its lead investor 12:02 - TidalSense's plans to expand into the US and China 14:47 - TidalSense's biggest bottleneck right now 15:59 - What's needed for TidalSense's next raise

  • August 4 · 22 min

    Zaya Kadyrova, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Aspire11: Unlocking Europe's pension money for tech growth

    Aspire11 invests European pension money into some of the world's biggest private tech companies, unlocking capital that's historically stayed on the sidelines. Its first fund raised €500m, and backs both early-stage VC funds and late-stage tech companies such as Revolut, Databricks, ElevenLabs and Vinted. Zaya Kadyrova is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Aspire11. She believes much of the value created by Europe's biggest tech companies currently goes to US pension funds, and is trying to change that by putting pension money directly into companies at that scale. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction0:20 - What Aspire11 does 1:31 - Why pension funds matter for venture 4:37 - Why Europe's pensions have stayed on the sidelines 8:51 - Tribes: backing the next generation of fund managers 12:07 - Why Aspire11 backed Revolut, Vinted and Eleven Labs 15:14 - The case for investing in Databricks 18:22 - How the fund is driving demand from young savers 19:35 - How Aspire11 wins access to the best deals

  • August 4 · 51 min

    Jan Oberhauser, Founder & CEO at n8n: Freeing employees from repetitive boring tasks

    n8n is a workflow automation platform that frees employees from repetitive, boring tasks. SAP recently made a strategic investment in the company, valuing it at €5.2bn, more than double what it was worth seven months ago. Jan Oberhauser is Founder and CEO of n8n. He believes the real value isn't the time saved, but the chance to give employees more meaningful work instead of repetitive tasks. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction 0:41 – n8n's €5.2bn strategic investment from SAP 2:41 – How valuable the SAP partnership could be 4:04 – What drove the valuation jump in seven months 5:03 – The real value customers get from n8n 11:38 – Balancing community users with enterprise customers 14:23 – How n8n's community has evolved 18:19 – How Jan's role has changed as CEO 22:44 – What Jan is seeing across the AI ecosystem 28:20 – What n8n looks for when hiring 29:11 – Why n8n rejects hustle culture 29:54 – Flexible hours and company values 31:49 – Balancing being CEO and a father 33:43 – Staying European 35:47 – US vs. European investors 37:33 – Quickfire round

  • July 30 · 26 min

    Patrick Murphy, Partner at Tapestry VC: Backing the repeat founders behind Europe's unicorns

    Tapestry VC backs repeat founders who are already building their second or third company. Around 60% of Europe's new unicorns in the past couple of years have come from exactly that group, and Tapestry just closed an $80m third fund to keep backing them. Patrick Murphy is a Partner at Tapestry VC. Seven of the roughly 70 investments he's made in his career have grown into $100m+ revenue companies, a track record few investors can match. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:04 - Tapestry VC's new $80m third fund 0:24 - Why Tapestry backs repeat founders 2:01 - Inside Tapestry's portfolio 6:44 - Patrick's move back to London 9:02 - The psychology of investing in repeat founders 12:45 - What Patrick's most successful investments have in common 15:38 - British Business Bank as Tapestry's anchor investor 17:48 - Competition among European VCs 20:44 - Why US LPs are reshaping European venture 23:07 - Europe's growing exit market

  • July 28 · 17 min

    Dan Lifshits & Ilia Drozdov, Co-founders of Dwelly: BREAKING: Dwelly raised $170m Series B

    Dwelly just raised a $170m Series B led by EQT Growth and General Catalyst, five months after its last round, taking total funding to around $250m. Dwelly acquires traditional letting agencies across the UK and moves them onto a shared AI system. The AI handles compliance and admin work, so staff can focus on landlords and tenants instead. Dan Lifshits and Ilia Drozdov are Co-founders of Dwelly. The company has grown from around 10,000 lettings under management five months ago to more than 15,000 today, already making it one of the UK's ten largest letting agencies. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:21 - Dwelly's new $170m Series B 1:07 - Why AI is transforming the services industry 1:35 - What Dwelly does and how much it's grown 2:25 - Acquiring and integrating letting agencies 6:33 - Dwelly's underlying business fundamentals 7:12 - The size of the UK market and expanding into Europe 9:55 - Dwelly's biggest bottleneck: hiring 12:58 - Inside the Series B round 16:09 - Dwelly's north star metric

  • July 27 · 21 min

    Linus Eriksson Noren and Resat Ozutok, Co-founders of TechCredit Partners: TechCredit Partners helps founders raise debt to scale faster

    TechCredit Partners helps tech founders raise debt capital to fund growth without giving up more of their company. The firm has raised close to $1 billion for clients across more than 20 countries in the last three years. Linus Eriksson Noren and Resat Ozutok are Co-founders of TechCredit Partners. Most founders don't realize how much of their business, like contracts or equipment, can be used to raise debt instead of equity, which is exactly the gap the two are trying to close. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:21 - What TechCredit Partners does 0:53 - The boom in European venture debt 1:37 - Why founders turn to debt over equity 3:43 - Why more capital-intensive businesses are turning to debt 6:24 - How founders know they're ready to raise debt 9:21 - The industries TechCredit Partners works in 11:01 - How founders should balance debt and equity 13:25 - Why Linus and Resat built TechCredit Partners 16:46 - Europe's debt landscape and standing out in the market

  • July 24 · 21 min

    Oana Jinga, Co-founder of Dexory: Dexory’s robots save warehouses millions

    Dexory builds robots that scan warehouses and track everything inside them in real time. Companies use that data to know exactly what stock they have and where, resulting in massive savings. Oana Jinga is Co-founder of Dexory. The company has scanned over 1.3 billion warehouse locations so far, using real data collected directly from customer sites. Dexory recently raised a $165m Series C to scale up its commercial team, now tripling its growth year after year. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:24 - What Dexory's robots do 1:27 - The value Dexory delivers to customers 3:04 - Dexory's biggest customers 5:41 - How Dexory expands into new countries 9:56 - Will warehouses change to be built for robots? 12:31 - Dexory's data and the future of physical AI 15:20 - Inside Dexory's Series C round 19:29 - What's next for Dexory

  • July 23 · 18 min

    Issie James, Co-founder at Onstage: BREAKING: Onstage has been acquired by Sifted

    Onstage has just been acquired by Sifted. The company runs Demo Day, an early-stage pitch event that connects founders with VCs, backed by a network of 350 venture capital partners who select the finalists. Issie James is Co-founder at Onstage. Onstage's strategy has always been to build an audience its founders and VC partners can use to reach more customers, and joining Sifted was the natural next step for that. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:17 - Onstage's acquisition by Sifted 1:36 - What changes and what stays the same 4:10 - What the acquisition means for Issie 6:03 - What happens to Deploy 6:52 - Issie's career journey at Onstage 11:51 - What makes a great event 13:16 - What success looks like after the acquisition 14:27 - Lessons from thousands of startup pitches

  • July 22 · 21 min

    Stanislaw Kastory and Mikolaj Firlej, Co-founders and General Partners at Expeditions: Backing Europe's defence startups with €197m fund

    Expeditions is one of Europe's only venture funds dedicated to defence and security startups. The firm recently closed its second fund at €197m. Stanislaw Kastory and Mikolaj Firlej are Co-founders and General Partners at Expeditions. The firm backs early-stage teams across defence, cybersecurity, quantum and space technology. The new fund plans to make around 40 early-stage investments, with half its capital reserved for follow-on rounds. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: ⁠https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk⁠ Sponsors: Chargebee: ⁠https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026⁠ SurrealDB: ⁠https://surrealdb.com/⁠ Airwallex: ⁠https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope⁠ Lovable: ⁠https://lovable.dev/⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:08 - Expeditions closes its €197m second fund 1:04 - How raising fund two differed from fund one 4:23 - Fund one's early bets in defence tech 7:10 - What's different about fund two's strategy 9:40 - Where Europe's biggest defence gaps are 12:36 - How Expeditions finds and evaluates startups 16:20 - Do European countries compete for their own defence champions? 19:52 - Financing war vs. financing European defence

  • July 17 · 24 min

    Jacomo Corbo, CEO & Co-Founder at PhysicsX: Helping companies design & manufacture industrial products faster

    PhysicsX helps companies design and manufacture industrial products faster, using AI instead of traditional physics simulation.Jacomo Corbo is CEO and Co-Founder of PhysicsX. Its technology helps manufacturers cut defects and lower costs, from casting aerospace parts to smelting aluminum more efficiently. The company recently raised a $300m Series C at a $2.4bn valuation, more than doubling its Series B valuation in under a year. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:16 - What PhysicsX does 2:24 - Real-world use cases 4:32 - PhysicsX's $300m Series C 6:50 - The scaling laws behind PhysicsX's models 7:46 - Scaling up to meet demand 9:51 - Selling to incumbents vs newer manufacturers 15:02 - Selling to Europe vs the US 19:00 - The Deutsche Telekom and NVIDIA partnership 20:46 - What industrial engineering will look like in five years

  • July 16 · 24 min

    Francesco Sciortino, Co-Founder & CEO of Proxima Fusion: Building the critical power infrastructure for clean energy

    Proxima Fusion recently raised €411m at a €2.4bn valuation, the largest funding round in European fusion. The company is building a fusion reactor designed to produce clean, safe energy continuously, without the risk of a runaway reaction. Francesco Sciortino is Co-Founder and CEO of Proxima Fusion. The company has around 200 people working across Munich, Zurich and Oxford. Proxima's next milestone is a full-scale magnet that will prove the reactor design works, expected by the end of 2027. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:09 - Proxima Fusion's €411m raise 0:50 - What fusion actually is 4:04 - Why Proxima bets on stellarators over tokamaks 9:29 - What's changed to bring investors on board 11:42 - Inside the Bavarian government partnership 16:12 - The next milestone: the Stellarator Model Coil 18:29 - Publishing the Stellaris power plant design 20:38 - Supply chain risk for fusion magnets

  • July 14 · 21 min

    Max Buchan, CEO of Valarian: BREAKING: Valarian raised $50m Series A

    Valarian has raised a $50m Series A led by NEA, just over a year after a $20m Seed. The company built Acra, an infrastructure layer that lets organizations run sensitive AI systems securely on any cloud, from public cloud to on-prem or the edge. Max Buchan is Founder and CEO of Valarian. The company signed $43m in contracts in its first quarter alone and expects to do about $100m this year. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:16 - Valarian's $50m Series A led by NEA 2:06 - What Acra actually does 2:51 - Enterprise and defence customers 4:52 - Why sovereignty matters to customers 6:44 - Where the growth is coming from 7:49 - Inside the Series A round 9:37 - UK government support and new investors 11:38 - Plans for the next 6 to 12 months 16:09 - The biggest risk: hiring and execution 18:01 - Bringing on a new head of revenue

  • July 9 · 15 min

    Jon Steinback, Co-Founder and CEO at Marker: BREAKING: Marker raised $13m Seed

    Marker just came out of stealth and raised a $13m Seed led by Index Ventures. Marker is an AI editor built to help writers develop their ideas and get feedback throughout the writing process. Jon Steinback is Co-Founder and CEO of Marker. He and co-founder Ryan Bowman built it to support the whole writing process, from thinking through drafting to editing. The result is a modern word processor made for people who believe in the craft of writing. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:20 - Marker's seed round and coming out of stealth 0:57 - What Marker actually is 1:41 - Who Marker is built for 3:33 - How Marker's product took shape 4:39 - Finding the balance between AI and human writing 6:52 - Why these investors backed Marker 9:20 - Jon's time at DeepMind 10:52 - How Marker will use the funding 13:04 - The goal behind coming out of stealth 14:33 - Marker's long-term vision

  • July 9 · 19 min

    Laura McGinnis, Partner at Singular: Growing Singular's London office to back UK founders

    Singular is a European early-stage venture capital firm investing from Seed through Series B, with portfolio companies including Aikido, Vibe, Basecamp and Spore.Bio. Laura McGinnis is joining Singular as a Partner. She previously spent several years in venture at Balderton Capital. In London, she'll focus on building out the firm's presence and backing UK and Ireland founders earlier in their journey. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:10 - Laura's move to Singular 0:58 - Why Singular appealed to her 2:22 - How the opportunity came together 3:33 - The type of founders Singular backs 5:31 - Moving from a large firm to a small, nimble team 8:21 - What success looks like in her first months 10:10 - Why Singular is doubling down on the UK and Ireland 13:33 - Finding an edge to meet founders earlier 15:38 - Advice for operators breaking into VC

  • July 8 · 24 min

    Sai Shivareddy, Founder and CEO at Nyobolt: Building the critical power infrastructure for the AI world

    Nyobolt is building fast energy storage systems for AI infrastructure, where data centres and robotics require far higher power density and faster charging than conventional technologies can provide. Sai Shivareddy is Founder and CEO at Nyobolt. The company spent years developing its technology before AI infrastructure created demand for it, and is now deploying its systems in robotics, with data centres as its next target market. The company recently raised a $60m Series C at a $1 billion valuation, making it one of the UK's newest unicorns. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:18 - Nyobolt's $60m Series C at a $1bn valuation 0:56 - What Nyobolt builds 2:52 - Real-world results and use cases 7:22 - Working with Symbotic 8:30 - Inside the Series C round 11:53 - Scaling manufacturing while growing fast 14:11 - Biggest bottlenecks to growth 18:40 - Raising hardware-focused venture capital 22:06 - Building a deep tech company from Cambridge

  • July 7 · 19 min

    Carla Gómez Cano, Co-founder at THEKER: Theker Robotics’ generalist robots automate any factory task

    THEKER Robotics builds robots that takes over the hardest physical labor inside heavy factories. Carla Gómez Cano is Co-founder at THEKER. Their robots that do manual, physical work, like moving packages, assembling parts and folding garments, and use smart software to handle any task or material on a single platform. The company recently raised an $85m Series A, one of the largest robotics rounds ever in Europe. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:12 - THEKER's $85m Series A 0:54 - What THEKER's robots do today 4:11 - Why THEKER skips pilots 5:03 - Building a robotics company from Barcelona 7:10 - Reconfigurable robots vs. humanoids 10:02 - Biggest bottleneck: hiring 13:01 - The robotics-as-a-service model 16:14 - Biggest lesson: staying focused 17:15 - What's next for THEKER

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